Post by sylvia!! on Feb 19, 2023 18:40:40 GMT
Shaun Morgan Welgemoed (born December 21st, 1978)
Associated Acts: Seether (1999 - Present)
Vocal Range: F♯2 - F♯5
Vocal Type: Kurt Howsman Copebain-Keenan II
{Vocal Summary}A lot of people know this guy as the frontman of Seether and people who know the frontman of Seether usually don't even know him by any name apart from Kurt Cobain the second of the post-grunge era. Yes, Seether were one of the larger titans of the 2000s alt-metal post-grunge tidal wave that invaded every radio station and straight males' car but I feel Shaun Morgan deserves a bit more credit as a vocalist than 'the guy whose entire career is owed to Kurt Cobain'.
Because he sounds more like Frankenstein's gravelly rock singer than JUST Kurt Cobain. You're giving Cobain way too much credit here.
Yes, he sounds exactly like Kurt whenever Seether gets together to do yet another Nirvana cover that sounds almost exactly like a more polished version of the band themselves but Morgan actually has a few tricks up his technique sleeve other than choking to death to prove a point. It's more he just applies a ton of grit to his voice as an afterthought rather than as a genuine cry for help. Same with the southern twang (yes, Shaun Morgan is actually South African and sounds like it too), though that might fall into the category of the latter. Due to this, and his more fleshy, on key screams, Shaun's vocals have remained not only preserved, but have improved overtime with slightly less gritty and more slightly distorted vocals as the bands' career went on and dived more into alt-metal and less into Jonathan-Davis-gets-drunk-and-tries-to-do-grunge.
Shaun's also proven himself to be hiding a fair amount of range. His lows are really effortless and his highs always seem like they're on the edge of going straight into fifth octave. This is probably due to him trying to sound darker and edgier and more strangled earlier in his career (a common theme among post-grungers, just look at Daniel Johns).
Either way, though he may sound like a mishmash more than his own person, his vocals certainly have a bit of merit to them: I mean, look at how many fucking bolds I had to look for. Guy's only gotten more consistent over the years. If he truly was just the Cobain worshipper everyone said he was he'd be a lot more like Wes Scantlin. But he's not so L + Cope + Mald + Seether.
Because he sounds more like Frankenstein's gravelly rock singer than JUST Kurt Cobain. You're giving Cobain way too much credit here.
Yes, he sounds exactly like Kurt whenever Seether gets together to do yet another Nirvana cover that sounds almost exactly like a more polished version of the band themselves but Morgan actually has a few tricks up his technique sleeve other than choking to death to prove a point. It's more he just applies a ton of grit to his voice as an afterthought rather than as a genuine cry for help. Same with the southern twang (yes, Shaun Morgan is actually South African and sounds like it too), though that might fall into the category of the latter. Due to this, and his more fleshy, on key screams, Shaun's vocals have remained not only preserved, but have improved overtime with slightly less gritty and more slightly distorted vocals as the bands' career went on and dived more into alt-metal and less into Jonathan-Davis-gets-drunk-and-tries-to-do-grunge.
Shaun's also proven himself to be hiding a fair amount of range. His lows are really effortless and his highs always seem like they're on the edge of going straight into fifth octave. This is probably due to him trying to sound darker and edgier and more strangled earlier in his career (a common theme among post-grungers, just look at Daniel Johns).
Either way, though he may sound like a mishmash more than his own person, his vocals certainly have a bit of merit to them: I mean, look at how many fucking bolds I had to look for. Guy's only gotten more consistent over the years. If he truly was just the Cobain worshipper everyone said he was he'd be a lot more like Wes Scantlin. But he's not so L + Cope + Mald + Seether.
Significant High Notes:
F♯5 ("Rape Me" live at the Sherman Theater 2017)
E5 ("Burn The Bridges" demo version, "Needles", "Nothing Left", "Stoke The Fire", "Truth" live at the AT&T Blues Room 2008)
E♭5 ("Fake It" live and very drunk 2015, "Out Of My Way", "See You At The Bottom")
D5 ("Beg", "Burn The Bridges" demo version, "Dead And Done", "Don't Believe", "Nothing Left", "Same Damn Life", "Stoke The Fire")
C♯5 ("Country Song" live at DC101 Chili Cookoff 2011, "Diseased", "Feast Or Famine", "Fell On Black Days" acoustic live 2016, "Gasoline", "I'm So Sick" live at the Santander Arena 2022, "Israel's Son" live at UNSW Sydney 2005, "Leech", "Pig", "Pride Before The Fall", "Suffer It All", "Truth", "Wasteland" live Welcome To Rockville 2022, "Watch Me Drown", "What Would You Do?", "Your Bore")
C5 ("Beg", "Count Me Out", "Country Song"/"Country Song" live at Santander Arena 2022, "Dead And Done", "Empty", "Fallen", "FMLYHM", "Like Suicide", "My Disaster", "Pride Before The Fall", "See You At The Bottom", "Wasteland"/"Wasteland"/"Wasteland" live at Santander Arena 2022, "Words As Weapons"/"Words As Weapons" live at Open Air Gapel 2015, "You Know You're Right" live at Rock In Rio 2004)
B4 ("Against The Wall", "Because Of Me", "Beer", "Burrito", "Butterfly With Teeth" demo version, "Count Me Out", "Crash", "Failure", "Feast Or Famine", "Forsaken", "Gasoline" live at the KATT Jungle Room 2002, "Given", "Goodbye Tonight", "I'm So Sick" live at Simpsonville 2022, "Liar", "Out Of My Way", "Pig", "Pride Before The Fall", "Rape Me" live at the Sherman Theater 2017, "Remedy"/"Remedy" live at Open Air Gapel 2015, "Something Else", "Suffer It All", "Stoke The Fire", "Tonight", "Written In Stone")
B♭4 ("Because Of Me", "Breakdown", "Careless Whisper", "Cigarette", "Desire For Need", "Diseased", "Fake It", "Fallen", "Fine Again" live at Santander Arena 2022, "Fur Cue", "Gasoline", "I'll Survive", "I'm The One", "Let It Go", "Let Me Go", "Like Suicide", "My Disaster", "No Jesus Christ", "No Resolution", "No Shelter", "Pass Slowly", "Pride", "Pride Before The Fall", "Remedy" live versions, "Rise Above This", "Safe To Say I've Had Enough", "Same Damn Life", "See You At The Bottom", "Seether", "Truth" live at the House of Blues 2018, "Waste", "Wasteland", "Weak", "Will It Ever End?", "Words As Weapons", "World Falls Away")
A4 ("Against The Wall", "Beg", "Betray And Degrade", "Bruised And Bloodied", "Burn The Bridges" demo version, "Burrito", "Can't Go Wrong", "Careless Whisper", "Cigarette", "Country Song", "Crash", "Crossed The Line", "Dead And Done", "Deliver Me", "Die Trying", "Down", "Drift Away", "Driven Under"/"Driven Under" Saron Gas verison, "Emotionless", "Empty", "Fade Out", "Feast Or Famine", "Feels Like Dying", "FMLYHM", "Fur Cue", "Given", "I'll Survive", "Let Me Go", "Let You Down", "Master Of Disaster", "Misunderstood", "Needles", "No Resolution", "Nothing Left", "On My Way", "Pig" Saron Gas version, "Pride", "Rise Above This" Artistic Expression Awards 2016, "Safe To Say I've Had Enough", "Same Damn Life", "Save Today", "Saviours", "Simplest Mistake", "Something Else", "Suffer It All", "Waste", "Weak", "Will It Ever End?", "World Falls Away", "Your Bore" Saron Gas version)
G♯4 ("6 Gun Quota", "Black Honey" live at SiruisXM 2017, "Breakdown", "Broken" single version, "Buried In The Sand", "Butterfly With Teeth" demo version, "Burn The World", "Dangerous", "Die Trying", "Diseased", "Drift Away", "Failure", "Feast Or Famine", "Forsaken", "Fuck It", "Fell On Black Days" acoustic live 2016, "Goodbye Tonight", "Heart Shaped Box" live, "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Leave Me Be", "Leech", "Let It Go", "Melodious" demo version, "Nothing Left", "Out Of My Way", "Pig", "Rise Above This", "Roses", "Save Today", "Suffer It All", "Take A Minute", "Tonight", "Turn Around", "Walk Away From The Sun", "Wasteland", "What Would You Do?", "With Or Without You" live VR Sessions 2016, "Words As Weapons", "You Know You're Right" live at Rock In Rio 2004, "Your Bore")
G4 ("Careless Whisper", "Change (In The House of Flies)" live at Sirius XM 2014, "Country Song", "Crash", "Deliver Me", "Don't Believe", "Driven Under" Saron Gas verison, "Desire For Need", "Eyes Of The Devil", "Fade Away", "Fade Out", "Fake It", "Fallen", "Feels Like Dying", "FMLYHM", "Fur Cue", "Gasoline" Saron Gas version, "Hang On", "Here And Now", "I'll Survive", "Like Suicide", "Keep The Dogs At Bay", "Master Of Disaster", "My Disaster", "Naked", "Needles", "No Jesus Christ", "No Resolution", "No Shelter", "Nobody Praying For Me", "On My Way", "Pass Slowly", "Pride", "Roses", "See You At The Bottom", "Seether", "Sell My Soul", "Stoke The Fire", "Turn Around", "Waste", "Watch Me Drown", "Weak", "Where Is My Mind?" live VR Sessions 2016, "Written In Stone")
F♯4 ("6 Gun Quota", "Against The Wall", "Because Of Me", "Beer", "Breakdown", "Broken" single version, "Burn The Bridges" demo version, "Burn The World", "Burrito", "Cigarette", "Crossed The Line", "Deliver Me", "Die Trying", "Diseased", "Down", "Fade Out", "Fine Again", "Gasoline", "The Gift", "Given", "Got It Made", "Hunger Strike" live VR Sessions 2016, "I'm The One", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "In Bloom", "Israel's Son" live at UNSW Sydney 2005, "Leave Me Be", "Let Me Heal", "Liar", "On A Plain" live VR Sessions 2016, "Passenger" acoustic live 2016, "Pride Before The Fall", "Release" live VR Sessions 2016, "Remedy", "Save Today", "Something Else", "Stay and Play", "Sympathetic", "Take Me Away", "Tongue", "Tonight")
F4 ("69 Tea", "Burn The World", "Change (In The House of Flies)" live at Sirius XM 2014, "Country Song", "Dangerous", "Empty", "FMLYHM", "Hang On", "Here And Now", "Let Me Go", "Lithium" live, "Love Her", "Naked", "Needles", "Out Of My Way", "Pass Slowly", "Pennyroyal Tea" live, "Pride", "Rehab", "Release" live VR Sessions 2016, "Take Me Away", "Truth", "Wasteland", "Will It Ever End?", "With Or Without You" live VR Sessions 2016, "World Ain't Right", "You Know You're Right" live at Rock In Rio 2004)
Significant Low Notes:
E♭3 ("Blister", "Breakdown", "Broken" single version, "Change (In The House of Flies)" live at Sirius XM 2014, "Creep" live, "Desire For Need", "Don't Believe", "Fell On Black Days" acoustic live 2016, "Fine Again" live VR Sessions 2016, "Gasoline", "The Gift", "Keep The Dogs At Bay", "Let It Go", "Like Suicide", "Passenger" acoustic live 2016, "Plastic Man", "Remedy", "Rise Above This", "When Doves Cry" live VR Sessions 2016, "Words As Weapons", "World Falls Away")
D3 ("69 Tea", "Against The Wall", "Beg", "Butterfly With Teeth" demo version, "Careless Whisper", "Crash", "Dangerous", "Dazed and Abused", "Dead And Done", "Driven Under", "Emotionless", "Fade Away", "Feels Like Dying", "Fur Cue", "Given", "I'll Survive", "Kom Saam Met My", "Love Her", "Misunderstood", "My Disaster", "Pass Slowly", "Pride Before The Fall", "Safe To Say I've Had Enough", "Sympathetic", "Tied My Hands", "Weak", "Will It Ever End?", "World Ain't Right", "Written In Stone")
C♯3 ("Because Of Me", "Beer", "Breakdown", "Broken" single version, "Burrito", "Country Song", "Die Trying", "Diseased", "Drift Away", "Failure", "Feast Or Famine", "Forsaken", "Got It Made", "Innocence", "Israel's Son" live at UNSW Sydney 2005, "Leave Me Be", "Leech", "Let Me Heal", "Never Leave", "Plastic Man", "Polly" live, "Rape Me" live at the Sherman Theater 2017, "Release" live VR Sessions 2016, "Remedy", "Rise Above This", "Simplest Mistake", "Something In The Way" acoustic live 2022, "Take Me Away", "Tongue", "Truth", "Walk Away From The Sun", "Waste", "With Or Without You" live VR Sessions 2016, "World Falls Away")
C3 ("Beg", "Betray And Degrade", "Burn The World", "Country Song", "Desire For Need", "Emotionless", "Empty", "Eyes Of The Devil", "Fake It", "Fallen", "FMLYHM", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "In Bloom" live, "Like Suicide", "My Disaster", "Naked", "No Jesus Christ", "Nobody Praying For Me", "On My Way", "Rise Above This" Artistic Expression Awards 2016, "Safe To Say I've Had Enough", "Turn Around", "Where Is My Mind?" live VR Sessions 2016)
B2 ("Drift Away", "Eyes Of The Devil", "Feels Like Dying", "Forsaken", "Given", "Goodbye Tonight", "Got It Made", "Leech", "Melodious" demo version, "Pig", "Save Today", "Saviours", "Something Else", "Take A Minute", "Tonight")
B♭2 ("Butterfly With Teeth" demo version, "Fuck It", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Kom Saam Met My", "Release" live VR Sessions 2016, "Truth" live at the House of Blues 2018, "What Would You Do?")
A2 ("Emotionless", "Fade Away", "Got It Made", "In Bloom" live, "Pig" Saron Gas version, "Take Me Away", "Tongue", "World Ain't Right")
G♯2 ("Failure", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Pig", "Remedy", "Take Me Away", "With Or Without You" live VR Sessions 2016)
G2 ("I'll Survive", "Nobody Praying For Me")
F♯2 ("Melodious" demo version)
{Questionable Notes}F♯5 ("Feast Or Famine" [1])
G2 ("69 Tea" [2])
D2 ("Waste" [5])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
G2 ("69 Tea" [2])
D2 ("Waste" [5])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
{Discography}Seether
Fragile* (2000): A2 - A4 - C5
Disclaimer (2002): G♯2 - B♭4 - C♯5
Disclaimer II (2004): G♯2 - B♭4 - E5
Karma and Effect (2005): G♯2 - B♭4 - C♯5
Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces (2007): B2 - B♭4 - D5
Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray (2011): B2 - B4 - C5
Curiosities, Rarities and Pariahs (2002 - 2013): F♯2 - D5 - E5
Isolate and Medicate (2014): G2 - C♯5 - E♭5
Poison the Parish (2017): G2 - B4 - E5
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (2020): G♯2 - C5 - D5
Italics Mark EPs
Grey Marks Compilations
*album recorded when the band was named Saron Gas
..................................................Fragile* (2000): A2 - A4 - C5
Disclaimer (2002): G♯2 - B♭4 - C♯5
Disclaimer II (2004): G♯2 - B♭4 - E5
Karma and Effect (2005): G♯2 - B♭4 - C♯5
Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces (2007): B2 - B♭4 - D5
Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray (2011): B2 - B4 - C5
Curiosities, Rarities and Pariahs (2002 - 2013): F♯2 - D5 - E5
Isolate and Medicate (2014): G2 - C♯5 - E♭5
Poison the Parish (2017): G2 - B4 - E5
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (2020): G♯2 - C5 - D5
Italics Mark EPs
Grey Marks Compilations
*album recorded when the band was named Saron Gas
• Blue denotes falsetto and whistle passages.
• Green denotes harshly distorted passages.
• Boldface denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic and spoken passages.
• Underlines denote obscured and background passages.
